. In other work on the situation in Iran, we have expressed outrage over the staggering number of political prisoners executed in the regime's jails. Now it appears we were conservative in our tally of these executions: Mr. Hossein Ali Montazeri, former designated successor to Khomeini, Iran's Supreme Leader at the time, recently made public shocking documents indicating that as many as 30,000 political prisoners were killed in 1988 alone. Iran's current leaders, including Mr. Khamenei, Mr. Khatami and Mr. Rafsanjani, as well as the officials still in charge of the Judiciary, played the primary role in this massacre.i

What was Galloway's excuse?

Anyone who says they oppose the war on humanitarian grounds is either disingenuous or ignorant cause no govt could be worse than the regime of Saddam and his sons. Which one are you RSR?

Saddam never gave up his war or his revolutionary agenda but I guess that was ok right RSR. Somehow his war doesn't seem to bother you too much. I Wonder why.

Confirmed. Galloway said he will appear before the Senate committee next week. He was proven innocent of the previous allegations. I anticipate that he will be vindicated again.

Quote:

British MP George Galloway says he is ready to face down US senators who claim he received oil rights from Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
Mr Galloway denies claims by a Senate committee that he and a former French minister were allowed to sell Iraqi oil to reward their support for the regime.

The committee said it would be "pleased" for Mr Galloway to appear at a hearing in Washington on 17 May.

The MP accepted, declaring he would take "them on in their own lions' den".

Confirmed. Galloway said he will appear before the Senate committee next week. He was proven innocent of the previous allegations. I anticipate that he will be vindicated again.

Quote:

British MP George Galloway says he is ready to face down US senators who claim he received oil rights from Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
Mr Galloway denies claims by a Senate committee that he and a former French minister were allowed to sell Iraqi oil to reward their support for the regime.

The committee said it would be "pleased" for Mr Galloway to appear at a hearing in Washington on 17 May.

The MP accepted, declaring he would take "them on in their own lions' den".

To be fair to him, the Telegraph didn't try to claim there was an ounce of truth in the documents they published (which would have been a valid defence), and they didn't even claim that there were reasonable grounds to suspect that they were true - their defence hinged on their claim that it was merely reportage, and/or it was "Fair Comment". The judge dismissed both.